19Synonyms found for creature

Word Origin & History

creature late 13c., "anything created," also "living being," from L. creatura "thing created," from pp. stem of creare "create." Meaning "anything that ministers to man's comforts" (1610s), after I Tim. iv 4, led to jocular use for "whisky" (1630s).

Example Sentences for creature

It's certainly not a kind or sweet thing to do to a creature.

The creature it belonged to ploughed against the current for a while, and then disappeared.

It's blue, comes from a creature more ancient than dinosaurs, and saves countless human lives.

After its wings harden, over the course of several hours to several days, the creature will become a remarkable aerialist.

The cute little creature requires a lot of ingenuity to foil because he is persistent, intelligent, and skillful.

We're sedentary people devoted to our creature comforts.

Tell students that you will provide clues about a specific feature or creature that can be found on public lands.

And an active warm-blooded creature can exceed it's predicted metabolic rate by as much as a factor of ten.

But the key to any truly superlative creature design is to surprise us and make us marvel at a new vision made real.